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uBiome clinical tests are fully or partially covered by most health insurance companies under "out-of-network" healthcare benefits, with a valid healthcare provider's order. We have patient assistance programs in place to assist eligible patients with the remaining patient responsibility.

What will the process look like?

1. Upon receipt of your request, we'll ensure that you have the most up to date version of our clinical tests, to date. If you don't, we'll first re-sequence your eligible samples to this version.

2. Around the end of Fall, you'll receive a notification when your newest report (including yeast!) is available.

Which uBiome product is right for you?

SmartGut

SmartJane

Explorer

Patients with chronic gut conditions such as IBD or IBS, or symptoms such as gas, bloating or diarrhea.

Patients with the desire to, alongside their healthcare provider, learn more about their own vaginal health and how to improve conditions, such as discharges or infections, through lifestyle or diet.

Health and wellness tool to help you better discover how diet and lifestyle affect your microbiome.

Doctor authorization required?

Yes

Yes

No

Where is it available?

US and Canada (other countries coming soon)

US and Canada (other countries coming soon)

203 countries and regions where online payments can be made with a credit card or PayPal

What is the price?

uBiome clinical tests are fully or partially covered by most health insurance companies under “out-of-network” healthcare benefits. We have patient assistance programs in place to assist eligible patients with the remaining patient responsibility.

uBiome clinical tests are fully or partially covered by most health insurance companies under “out-of-network” healthcare benefits. We have patient assistance programs in place to assist eligible patients with the remaining patient responsibility.

Identifying bacteria to a genus level

We’re sometimes asked if finding particular bacteria in a sample could indicate the presence of a specific disease — or even guarantee the absence of any medical condition.

The answer to both of these questions is no. In order to understand why, let’s take a quick look at the taxonomy of biological organisms.

The way that biologists classify life forms today is by grouping like with like, in a series of nested classes. Bacteria – and all organisms – are classified based on shared descent from their nearest common ancestor.

The levels within this system are categorized as follows:

To see this in action, let’s look at the classification of a familiar pet – the common house cat.

When people read about the bacteria in their microbiome, they might think we are referring to the disease-causing strains, when they are in fact being told about the genus level. Let’s take a closer look at one of the bacteria you may find in your results.

Streptococcus is one of the most common bacteria in your microbiome and is typically found in your nose and throat. However, Streptococcus is simply the genus name. If we look at the various species within this genus, we find they perform very different functions. For example:

The helpful Streptoccus sanguis inhabits most healthy human mouths. It is most often found in dental plaque, where it helps eliminate the other strains of bacteria that cause cavities.

Live cultures of Streptococcus thermophilus can be used to help people who are lactose intolerant digest dairy products. These bacteria break down lactose, which is the sugar in milk that people have difficulty digesting.

Streoticiccys pyogenes is the species directly responsible for a range of infections, including strep throat.

Many of the Streptococcus species are working to help keep you healthy. If all the species within thisgenus resulted in strep throat, we would all have run out of lozenges long ago!

We identify bacteria at genus level. In other words, our method of sequencing would be able to tell you that a member of the Felix genus is in your backyard. What we cannot tell you is if you have a jungle cat on your hands, or if it’s your neighbour’s tabby William Shakespurr, hoping for a saucer of milk.